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Haunted House for Disabled People Modeled After Social Security Office

This Halloween season, a New York haunted house is putting an inclusive spin on fright night. To help disabled guests...
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Insurance Company Generously Approves Single Tire on Power Wheelchair

“Good news! Your claim has been approved!” Errr … sort of. Local wheelchair user Samantha Freeman, 24, felt a rush...
A young woman with long hair is seen free falling from a sideways manual wheelchair

Representation Matters! Disabled Woman Provides Authentic Fall for Life Alert Commercial

No more “cripping up” for Life Alert! After years of hiring non-disabled actors to lie on the floor looking strangely...